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Lid (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 4 arches across (coffret; frise d'arcatures) (Front)

Lid (fragment of a casket), 1 register, 4 arches across (coffret; frise d'arcatures) (Front)
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Subject
Secular. Courtly love.

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Maastricht, Bonnefantenmuseum

Inv. 10-4770

Ivory

Height: 80mm
Width: 135mm

Courting couples (meeting of lovers); couple conversing; youth chucking his lover under the chin; lady crowning her kneeling lover; couple embracing.
Pointed trefoils.

Museum's opinion 2013: France, mid 14th century.


Attribution
Unknown

Object Condition
Missing: upper left corner (replaced); parts of the frame. Holes for fittings now lost.

Provenance
Collection of J. M. Neutelings-Heuts, Brasschaat; on permanent loan from Willem Neutelings since 1994 (no. 86).


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